benight
Verb
Meaning
To involve in darkness; to shroud with the shades of night; to obscure.
To overtake with night or darkness, especially before the end of a day's journey or task.
To involve in moral darkness, or ignorance; to debar from intellectual light.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
bedim
cover
block
blind
obscure
mantle
eclipse
conceal
cloak
veil
dim
darken
benighted
adumbrate
camouflage
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The benighted peoples of this area